Directory Traversal Affecting ruby-doc package, versions <0:2.0.0.648-36.el7_6


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.03% (85th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-RUBYDOC-4932182
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Feb 2018

Introduced: 15 Feb 2018

CVE-2018-1000079  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 ruby-doc to version 0:2.0.0.648-36.el7_6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:0663.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream ruby-doc package and not the ruby-doc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

RubyGems version Ruby 2.2 series: 2.2.9 and earlier, Ruby 2.3 series: 2.3.6 and earlier, Ruby 2.4 series: 2.4.3 and earlier, Ruby 2.5 series: 2.5.0 and earlier, prior to trunk revision 62422 contains a Directory Traversal vulnerability in gem installation that can result in the gem could write to arbitrary filesystem locations during installation. This attack appear to be exploitable via the victim must install a malicious gem. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.7.6.